Providing you with a highly developed skill-set and a respectable qualification, our degrees not only pave the way for excellent career opportunities but give you the necessary knowledge to pursue further education.

Careers

Recent graduates have been very successful in securing high-level employment in both the private and public sectors, and within six months of graduation, 91% of our alumni were either working or studying for a further degree.

Many of our graduates work in urban regeneration, environmental consultancy, and local economic regeneration. Others have followed careers in finance and banking, health, housing and town planning.

We have a number of highly distinguished graduates who have pursued truly exciting opportunities thanks to their degree from the University of Sheffield.

Such distinguished graduates include:

• Vanessa Lawrence, CBE, Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey
• Richard Leafe, Chief Executive of the Lake District National Park Authority
• Dr Graham Farmer, Officer-in-Charge (Somalia), United Nations Food Aid Organisation
• Chris Fawkes, Meteorologist and BBC Weather Forecaster
• Simon Roberts, Award Winning Photographer

Skills

By combining elements of the sciences and humanities, you will gain an extensive skill set, including critical thinking, information and data analysis, team working, communication, project management and IT skills.

You will also be able to demonstrate practical ability in state-of-the-art geographical and environmental research approaches and techniques, including expert knowledge of GIS (Geographical Information Systems), remote sensing and numerical modelling of environmental processes.

Further education

Many of our graduates pursue masters and PhD courses as our degrees provide you with the necessary knowledge and skill set to do so. Courses that students choose to follow are focussed on world leading research in areas such as volcanology, glacial geomorphology, socio-spatial analysis and international development.